I remember seeing an advertisement few months ago of a (I think) 2005 Mk2b 1.3 Mjet that supposedly had a 6 speed manual gearbox according to the advertiser. As far as I know, only the Sporting Puntos had a 6 speed manual gearbox, but I may be wrong, so I wanna ask here: was this car ever sold with the 1.3 Mjet engine (51 kW version) and a 6 speed manual gearbox? And was it ever sold with any other gearbox besides the 5 speed manual one?

Tranceporter said:

I remember seeing an advertisement few months ago of a (I think) 2005 Mk2b 1.3 Mjet that supposedly had a 6 speed manual gearbox according to the advertiser. As far as I know, only the Sporting Puntos had a 6 speed manual gearbox, but I may be wrong, so I wanna ask here: was this car ever sold with the 1.3 Mjet engine (51 kW version) and a 6 speed manual gearbox? And was it ever sold with any other gearbox besides the 5 speed manual one?

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I believe they are sold with a 5speed box for the mk2b's
The only cars that got the 6 speed were 1.2 16v and 1.4 16v's

Even the 1.8 16v HGT got a 5speed

Ziggy

came 5 speed only
maybe it had a grande gearbox fitted?
5 speed box is best anyway for longevity

maybe 1.3 diesel gearbox is same as petrol one, its possible they switched gearbox, clutch, flywheel, gearknob...
driveshafts could be different too

5 speed only, but there are a few rare autos knocking about. Not the same gearbox as petrol as the diesel has more torque a lower power band and revs a lot lower

Ziggy122 said:

I believe they are sold with a 5speed box for the mk2b's
The only cars that got the 6 speed were 1.2 16v and 1.4 16v's

Even the 1.8 16v HGT got a 5speed

Ziggy

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Yep I thought so.

s and b said:

came 5 speed only
maybe it had a grande gearbox fitted?
5 speed box is best anyway for longevity

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Probably the info about the gearbox in the ad was wrong and I can't remember if there was any picture from the interior of that car. The 5 speed box is indeed more durable, but it's downside is that the engine runs at 2800 rpm at 120 km/h in 5th gear. The Grande Puntos 1.3 Mjet with a 6 speed box have 500 rpm less in 6th gear at the same speed, which is better for highway driving.

flisko said:

maybe 1.3 diesel gearbox is same as petrol one, its possible they switched gearbox, clutch, flywheel, gearknob...
driveshafts could be different too

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It's not the same gearbox, the petrol box can't handle the extra torque of the diesel. Also, the petrol Mk2 Puntos (1.2 8v, 1.2 16v, 1.4 16v) with a 5 speed box have 3300 rpm at 120 km/h in 5th gear, while the 1.3 Mjet has 2800 rpm.

AndyRKett said:

5 speed only, but there are a few rare autos knocking about. Not the same gearbox as petrol as the diesel has more torque a lower power band and revs a lot lower

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Yep, there are some Mk2b 1.3 Mjet's with the Dualogic gearbox, although they are pretty rare. But the Dualogic in the Mk2 Puntos is also a 5 speed box.

Driving my daughters 05 Punto CL to its MOT I automatically put it into 6th (I have a 6 speed Mini) - which was weird as it's only got 5 speeds on the gear knob and she had only ever driven up to 5th. Any how, she's now getting additional miles to the gallon and loving her six speed. I can only think that at some stage someone has fitted a six speed out of a scrap Sporting Punto.